major league(s)

major league(s)

An area, echelon, or sphere of great competition, success, power, achievement, etc. Refers to the major leagues of sports teams. I know you're new here, but you need to perform much better if you want to stay in this law firm. You're in the major leagues now. Welcome to the major league of politics, senator.
See also: major
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • big league
  • big leagues
  • play in the big leagues
  • bushel
  • a bad apple spoils the (whole) barrel
  • a rotten apple spoils the (whole) barrel
  • a rotten apple spoils the (whole) bunch
  • a rotten apple spoils the (whole) bushel
  • it takes one bad apple to spoil the (whole) barrel
  • it takes one bad apple to spoil the (whole) bunch